Phil Newsum, the executive director of the Association of Diving Contractors International, is on the case. He says there are safety concerns, so his group is doing a full investigation.
CDA Technical Institute is a commercial diving academy on the Trout River. Its programs had attracted military veterans through the GI Bill, but since these incidents, the VA has pulled that funding.
Now, a group that certifies commercial divers has suspended the school’s membership for cause. Phil Newsum, the executive director of the Association of Diving Contractors International, is on the case. He says there are safety concerns, so his group is doing a full investigation, and they want people to be patient during that investigation.
“In this industry, to experience two fatalities, especially a training facility, in that shorter span of time is very concerning,” Newsum said. “It has a huge ripple effect throughout the industry.”Dive school still appeared to be going on CDA Technical Institute at last check. While the Association of Diving Contractors International can’t shut down a school like the government could, it can pull its ability to certify its graduates as commercial divers.
Newsum says CDA Technical Institute is one of eight schools of its kind across the U.S. -- it’s the only one under investigation right now. His organization audited the school in 2019 and found some issues which the school corrected. He says the school did report the. Newsum says, however, leaders did not tell his organization about Victor Pierce’s death during scuba training at an off-campus lake in February. The medical examiner found alcohol was a factor -- something Newsum says instructors should have flagged before the dive. That’s also part of his group’s probe.
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